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The State of Green Business 2021

GreenBiz

The report found that "in large companies, there has been a significant increase in terms of the sustainability leader reporting to the CEO, from 19 percent in 2018 to 26 percent today.". As the global economy finds its footing in the coming months, and as a new, more environmentally friendly administration takes hold in Washington, D.C.,

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Cisco’s Sustainability 101: What Is the Circular Economy?

3BL Media

The 2023 edition of the Circularity Gap Report , an annual study of circularity adoption worldwide by Circle Economy, states that the global economy increasingly relies on materials from virgin sources. The authors estimate that the global economy is only about 7.2% circular, down from 9.1%

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China’s new frontier for VOC regulations

GreenBiz

As the global economy reawakens after the COVID-19 shutdown, air emissions and VOC enforcement in China remain a hot topic. The 2018 Three ? A regenerative thermal oxidizer unit in China. China’s new frontier for VOC regulations. Shuying Xu. Tue, 03/23/2021 - 01:15. Chemicals & Toxics. Policy & Politics.

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How U.S. Businesses Can Compete with China in Emerging Markets: Transitioning from a ‘Death Economy’ to a ‘Life Economy’

James Militzer

The world is in the midst of a difficult transition, moving from a degenerative “death economy” to a regenerative “life economy.” The death economy is an economic system based on maximizing short-term profits, regardless of the social and environmental costs. did in three decades. Photo courtesy of GovernmentZA.

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World Economic Forum: “Investing less than 1% of world GDP into nature-based solutions can tackle climate change and biodiversity crisis”

Envirotec Magazine

Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year. The report says the annual investment of the private sector in nature-based solutions was $18 billion in 2018.

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Join a B Corp Network to Build Collaboration and Work Toward a More Inclusive Economy

B the Change

Inspired by the operational transparency and overall credibility of the B Corp Certification, the B Tourism platform aims to serve as a resource for the regenerative travel movement and to help travelers enjoy a vacation experience that embodies interdependence and interconnectedness.

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Dignity First Climate Leadership

Sustainable Round Table

Since I shared with my guests a deep concern that the world was not making demonstrable progress towards the halving of global emissions the 2018 UN IPCC Special Report on 1.5 Global businesses should apply this foundational principle to the private enterprises that public authorities charter.